Virgin Mary sacred places in Lithuania

Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Siluva

Šiluva, Raseiniai, Lithuania

The Basilica of the Nativity holds the crowned miraculous painting of Our Lady of Šiluva — called 'Lithuania's greatest treasure.' Brought from Rome in 1457, lost during...

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Alksnenai

Stirnėnai, Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

In the Suvalkija countryside, the wooden Church of the Assumption in Alksnėnai shelters a miraculous crowned statue of the Virgin Mary and a collection of 18th-century...

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Pivasiunai

Pivašiūnai, Alytus District Municipality, Lithuania

Perched on a hill surrounded by ancient pines and birches, the Church of the Assumption in Pivašiūnai shelters a miraculous 17th-century painting crowned with papal crowns...

Church of the Virgin Mary Victorious, Kazokiskes

Kazokiškės, Elektrėnai, Lithuania

In the quiet Lithuanian countryside southeast of Vilnius, a late Baroque church holds a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary Victorious that has drawn pilgrims since the...

Gates of Dawn, Vilniaus

Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania

Of the nine gates that once guarded Vilnius, only one survives. The Gates of Dawn stands because the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Mercy in its chapel above made...

Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn

Inside Gates of Dawn, Vilniaus

Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania

Above the only surviving gate of Vilnius's medieval walls, a seventeenth-century icon of the Virgin Mary draws Catholic, Orthodox, and Greek Catholic faithful into a...